Light Source

Wavelength nm

System name

Pulse Duration

Fluence J/cm 2

Spot size mm

Repetition Rate

Other features

Long-pulse Ruby

694

Epitouch Ruby (Sharplan)

1.2 milliseconds

10-40

3-6

1.2 Hz

Triple pulse technology

E2000 (Palomar)

3 or 100 milliseconds

10-40

10, 20

1 Hz

Cooling handpiece
0-10°C Fiber delivery
Photon recycling

Ruby Star (Aesclepion-Meditec)

4 milliseconds

Up to 24

Up to 14

1 Hz

Dual mode: May also be Q-switched

Sinon (Wavelight)

4 msec

Up to 30

5,7,9

0,5-2 Hz

Cold air unitMay also be Q-switched

Long-pulse Alexandrite

755

Apogee (Cynosure)

0. 5-300 milliseconds

25-50

5, 10, 12, 15

3 Hz

Cold air or integrated cooling

Gentlelase (Candela)

3 milliseconds

10-100

6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18

Up to 1.5 Hz

Dynamic cooling device

Epitouch ALEX (Sharplan)

2-40 milliseconds

Up to 50

5, 7, 10

1 Hz

Scanner option

Ultrawave II/III (Adept Medical)

5-50 milliseconds

5-55

8, 10, 12

1-2 Hz

Available with 532 nm and/or 1064 nm Nd:YAG

Epicare (Light Age)

3-300 milliseconds

25-40

7, 9, 12, 15

1-3 Hz

Arion (WaveLight)

1-50 microseconds

Up tp 40

6, 8, 10, 12, 14

Up to 5 Hz

Cold air unit

Diode laser

800

LightSheer (Lumenis)

5-400 milliseconds

10-100

9 X 9
12 x 12

Up to 2 Hz

Cooling handpiece

Apex-800 (Iridex)

5-100 milliseconds

5-60 (600 W)

7, 9, 11

Up to 4 Hz

Cooling handpiece

SLP1000 (Palomar)

5-1000 milliseconds

Up to 575

12

Up to 3 Hz

SheerCool triple contact cooling, photon recycling

MedioStar (Aesclepion-Meditec)

50 milliseconds

Up to 64

10, 12, 14

Up to 4 Hz

Integrated scanner with cold air cooling device

F1 Diode Laser (Opusmed)

15-40 milliseconds

10-40

5, 7

4 Hz

EpiStar (Nidek)

5-700 milliseconds

0.12-400

2, 3, 4, 5

1-15 Hz

Q-switched Nd:YAG

532/1064

Softlight (Telsar)

12-18 nanoseconds

2.5 - 3

7

Up to 10 Hz

Only 1064 nm

MedLite C6 (Hoya/ConBio)

<20 nanosecond

Up to 12

3, 4, 6, 8

Up to 10 Hz

532 and 1064 nm

Long-pulsed Nd:YAG

1064

CoolGlide (Cutera)

0.1-300 milliseconds

U to 300

3, 5, 7, 10

Up to 2 Hz

Contact precooling

Lyra/Gemini (Laserscope)

20-100 milliseconds

5-900

10

Contact cooling photon recycling

Ultrawave(Adept Medical)

5-100 milliseconds

5-500

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

1-2 Hz

Available with 532 nm and/or 755 nm

Athos (Quantel)

3-5 milliseconds

Up to 80

4

Up to 3 Hz

Gentle Yag (Candela)

0 or 25-300 milliseconds

Up to 600

1.5, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12 15, 18

Up to 10 Hz

Cryogen spray optional

Varia (CoolTouch)

300-500 milliseconds

Up to 500

3-10

Pulsed cryogen cooling with thermal quenching

Acclaim 7000 (Cynosure)

0 or 4-300 milliseconds

300

3, 5, 7, 10, 12

5 Hz

Cold air or integrated cooling

Smartepil II (Cynosure)

Up to 100 milliseconds

16-200

2.5, 4, 5, 7, 10

6 Hz

SmartCool scanner

Dualis (Fotona)

5-200 milliseconds

Up to 600

2-10

Vasculight Elite (Lumenis)

2-16 milliseconds

70-150

6

0,33 Hz

Combined with intense pulsed light

Profile (Sciton)

0 or 1-200 milliseconds

Up to 400

Combined with erbium

Mydon (WaveLight)

5-90 milliseconds

10-450

1.5, 3, 5, 7, 10

1-10 Hz

Contact or air cooling

Intense/Variable pulsed broadband
light source

Water cooled system

590-1200

EpiLight (Lumenis)

15-100 milliseconds

Up to 45

10 X 45
8 X 35

0.5 Hz

Contact cooling
Multiple pulsing

695-1200

Quantum HR (Lumenis)

15-100 microseconds

25-45

34 X 8mm

0.5 Hz

400-950

Ellipse (DDD)

0.2-50 milliseconds

Up to 21

10 X 48

0.25 Hz

Dual-mode filtering technique

400-1200

PhotoLight (Cynosure)

5-50 milliseconds

Up to16

46 X 18

Xenon pulsed lamp

500-1200

Estelux (Palomar)

10-100 milliseconds

4-40

16 X 46

Up to 1

Fast coverage rate
Coolroller cooling

550-900

ProLite (Alderm)

10-50

10 X 20
20 X 25

0.5 Hz

Fluorescent pulsed light

400-1200

Spatouch (Radiancy)

35 milliseconds

Up to 7

22 X 55

0.25 Hz

Light heat energy

510-1200

Quadra Q4(Derma Med USA)

48 milliseconds

10-20

33 X 15

Quad-pulsed
light system

Q-switched Nd:YAG

532/1064

Softlight (Telsar)

12-18 nanoseconds

2.5 - 3

7

Up to 10 Hz

Only 1064 nm

MedLite C6 (Hoya/ConBio)

<20 nanosecond

Up to 12

3, 4, 6, 8

Up to 10 Hz

532 and 1064 nm

Intense pulsed light plus
Nd:YAG

510-1200

SpectraPulse (Primary Technology)

3 X 12pulse delay:4 & 5resp

10-20

15 X 33

Light energy recycling

400-1200

StarLux (Palomar)

5-500 milliseconds

Up to 30

16 X 46